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internals: document when "hello" and "capabilities" commands were added
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Authored by indygreg on Feb 2 2018, 2:03 AM.

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rHG0d8024be7166: internals: document when "hello" and "capabilities" commands were added
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Both were introduced in 0.9.1.

"hello" made its entrance in b17eebc911ae, 144280f1578f, and
a1cfe679192c to support SSH.

"capabilities" was added in c660691fb45d to support HTTP.

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indygreg created this revision.Feb 2 2018, 2:03 AM
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mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt

Obtain the capabilities string for the repo. Obtain the capabilities string for the repo.
Unlike the ``hello`` command, the capabilities string is not prefixed. Unlike the ``hello`` command, the capabilities string is not prefixed.
There is no trailing newline. There is no trailing newline.
This command does not accept any arguments. Return type is a ``string``. This command does not accept any arguments. Return type is a ``string``.
This command was introduced in Mercurial 0.9.1 (released July 2006).
changegroup changegroup
----------- -----------
(Legacy command: use ``getbundle`` instead) (Legacy command: use ``getbundle`` instead)
Obtain a changegroup version 1 with data for changesets that are Obtain a changegroup version 1 with data for changesets that are
descendants of client-specified changesets. descendants of client-specified changesets.
See above for more about the capabilities string. See above for more about the capabilities string.
SSH clients typically issue this command as soon as a connection is SSH clients typically issue this command as soon as a connection is
established. established.
This command does not accept any arguments. The return type is a ``string``. This command does not accept any arguments. The return type is a ``string``.
This command was introduced in Mercurial 0.9.1 (released July 2006).
listkeys listkeys
-------- --------
List values in a specified ``pushkey`` namespace. List values in a specified ``pushkey`` namespace.
The ``namespace`` argument defines the pushkey namespace to operate on. The ``namespace`` argument defines the pushkey namespace to operate on.
The return type is a ``string``. The value is an encoded dictionary of keys. The return type is a ``string``. The value is an encoded dictionary of keys.